What is it?
The proposed Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit would be a new permanent, refundable Personal Income Tax credit to assist with the cost of permanent home modifications that improve accessibility or help a senior be more functional or mobile at home.  The credit would be worth up to $1,500 each year, calculated as 15 per cent of up to $10,000 in eligible home renovation expenses that would help seniors stay safely in their homes. It could be claimed by senior homeowners and tenants....

A smart meter can read how much electricity is being used by a particular user and when. Electricity utilities allow users of smart meters to logon to their own Time-of-use web page where they can track their consumption/usage on an hourly/daily/monthly/yearly basis. Therefore, a smart meter allows the user to plan and track their usage of electricity as much as possible in order to lower costs.
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) sets rates for the commodity price of electricity for consumers on th....

REALTORS® will be making a presentation today to the City of Toronto’s Budget Committee, and will be providing City Council with results of a recent poll showing that, even after recent difficult debates on the future of City services, Torontonians continue to want fiscal reform at City Hall, including the repeal of the Toronto Land Transfer Tax and concessions from the City’s unions.
The poll was conducted by Ipsos Reid for the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) between November 17 and Nove....

The police-reported crime rate, which measures the overall volume of crime, continued its long-term downward trend in 2010, declining 5% from 2009. At the same time, the Crime Severity Index, which measures the severity of crime, fell 6%.
Chart description: Police-reported crime rate, Canada, 1962 to 2010
The national crime rate has been falling steadily for the past 20 years and is now at its lowest level since 1973.
Canadian police services reported nearly 2.1 million Criminal Code....

Greater Toronto REALTORS®, and the public, continue to look forward to the fulfillment of the election commitment, of Mayor Rob Ford and numerous City Councillors, to repeal the Toronto Land Transfer Tax.
"It is clear that the public expects the Mayor and City Council to move forward with the commitment to repeal the Toronto Land Transfer Tax, and it is unlikely that they will forget about this. This is a significant tax: it costs the average Toronto home buyer almost $6,500, and when added to....